Amy Tobin

Innovator: Amy Tobin ContactBased In: Oakland, CAAmy Tobin has served as CEO of the JCC East Bay since 2014. Prior to her role at the JCC, Amy was the founding Executive Director of the David Brower Center, a green building and home for environmental and social change. In 2012 Amy received the Gerbode Foundation fellowship, and she has served on boards and advisory boards for the Downtown Berkeley Association, Nonprofit Centers Network, Joshua Venture Group, and Be’chol Lashon. She has been a planning, program, and development consultant to organizations such as the Cartoon Art Museum, the Asian American Orchestra, HEEB Magazine, and the San Francisco Hip Hop Dance Festival. As a recipient of the Joshua Venture fellowship, Amy founded The Hub at the JCC of San Francisco in 2001. As a songwriter and performer, Amy has released two albums and toured nationally with “The Esther Show,” a cabaret rock opera and modern interpretation of the biblical Book of Esther.